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These are typical "dynamic range" limitations that plague most productions that try to present "Good" and "Better". The protagonist is supposed to be enough of a "Better" to warrant being given a chance despite her own slip up. But she's supposed to improve, so this is already the "2nd best" or even "3rd best" effort her VA could manage. From there she must still be a cut above her competitor, and without her competitor actually sounding bad.
Basically, it's an impossible task, both because of the limited range of the available talent and the audience's limited ability to discriminate. So something almost always goes wrong - either the competitors actually sound bad to ensure the audience can tell the difference, or people start wondering if the protagonist is really better.
At least the girls are competently drawn (I don't watch that many of these, so I have no time to get sick of the repeititons). I can buy they might actually be idols.
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